The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1887-02-24

A PARIS Physicians Horrible
Discovery.


sssbLxnlv. as hs leaned above her
s<skaE Ga read thst rigid co~untenancs
aH gnszf he secret from the marble
6EzssE be started Ia afright-he had
Asssss~Est something new and terrible,
Eks I Bzs Of black erayon traced upon
rms a@sa saa around the edges of the
~teAas-hs artihee employed by the
~a<asH OF the tkeater TO enlarge the
sEes AID give them n deep and velyety
.-pF<zE1nes- Dipping a cloth into wa
arg Pascal touched the face of the
deSt-hs vas right. the cloth was
se<zssd with black As he continued to
Kzxz. damb with amazemenE he per-
s~EssA nestiing IN the discolored hair,
saasfh NJ that sparkled brilliantly.
BENDING closer. he saw that the head
Szs saeincied with rows of pearls and
gosksB sagMiRs. half buried liz the mass
81 aETis Giat spread themselves upon
Gae uilisW- What did this masquerade
saeaHg Whence came this woman
p4sn1ad Ike a eourtesan, and this
sarznge Attainment which she had evil
&zafis been too much hurried to re-
moEes
~TsOE MISERABLE WRETCH
He hissed between his teeth, his arm
- 7N SARA~-11H - - AC
waabi haSe beaten the corpse.
He fell into n chair. his head buried
IA his haRds. i: was with difficulty that
ne preserved even the power to think.
Dzsisszi from the height of happiness.
deprived in a few m not only of
= b<lsxed wife. but of the right to
haRor hsr Eaemory. it was one of those
hIsEs an ch terrify and conquer the
Mast iptErpid of souls. Perhaps it was
r8 seieace. % work. that he owed his
broken life. his wrecked happiness.
Eaol thai he was To pass whole DAYS in
hs Eb0rs1Ory. his eyes riveted to the
microscope, absorbed in his expert
nEeatz never for 4 moment suspecting
GhzE eHHai and WEAKNESS could enter
his psacefal home. He had failed to
Remember that they were evil council
ors and opened the door little by little
60 bad tbOgghts. prurient curiosity and
~PeradioIs temptations.
Ahat ni1ftered his successes of yes
terdzy, s., much a~pplauded; the medals
conferred upon him IN the college of
Physie ans. or the fulsome eulogies of
das przst For all these triumphs of a
miserable self-love he had paid most
dearly
u 1E NlCrC lGtIiDlc IC8ItLS. LucTc
were na0nsents. when looking upon the
body Of his wife, stretched upon the
bed n II asleep, her eyes closed, and
with the ehaste and honest expression
upon lkr face hab.tual to her, asked
AamsE4f 4 all that had happened were
moi n f<ightful dream; il was impossible
tAat szeh 4 thing could have taken
Pae=
Alas IL was not a dream. and vet he
had rot even the power TO avenge him.
self or TO P-nish her crime. 1t seemed
To blzt that if he could only have pun
shea her in some way. no matter what. |
II would have soothed his outraged
hezz1
Bzt If the dead had escaped him, the
living had not. and he should pay for
both Tie ~coachman of the tiacre
ahOatd again be subjected to a rigid ex-
animation; it would be astonish ng, in
@ezA- q he elected nothing that would
furnish him a clew.
Perhaps his m0ther-in-law could
poi.e Gsza 20 the way. In the mean
1ine he would search every drawer,
every corner every article in the
r00zs There might be 4 letter, a note.
ar E1nEei only 4 name would be
enough and TO learn that name Pascal
would eheeEfully have sacrificed a limb.
CHAPTER ".
Without losing an instant he hurried
10 the brackets, and. lighting the can
dies IN the scenes, flooded the room
with Eight and in feverish haste COM
mencrd his work. opening first a little
secretary where Christine was in the
habit OF keeping her correspondence.
liz wzs an exquisite piece of furniture,
ebony. incrusted with foliage and ara
besqnes Of ivory. the body supported by
twisted columns. When shut a long
drawer formed the desk. The upper
part of it. however. was divided and
szbtlgaed into innumerable little
drawers. concealed by panels. He
ksex Il we'll for he had given it to his
aaneee as a wedding gift on the day
the marriage contract was signed. As
he saw il now it wasfilled with.:a thous-
and things which IN the depth of his
passionate devotion it bad delighted
him 60 lay at her feet. Neatly folded
In the drawer below were Yards and
yards of magnificent laces-Alencon as
6ns - Il eobweh. Valenciennes as broad
as x0ar hand, and a garniture of point
de yenise tit for a Queen. He remem-
bered that. too, for he had bought it
himself during one of his trips to Italy.
In the upper compartments were jew
els. bracelets. rings of gold. cats'-eyes
and e~neraids; her diamonds in their
Selyet boxes and pearls of wonderful
tintings, and 4 hundred and one other
things which touched him deeply.
Il moment sufficed him to run through
these various objects, and again he saw
the face of Christine smiling and
Sashiag as she expressed her thanks.
he could even recall how her voice
srenbied. and how he
GIETED HEB HAND AMI TENDERLY KISS
ED II.
The w~ardrobesand the dressing cases
we're all unfastened and the keys in the
locks. bat that proved nothing-the ap-
pearaaee of having nothing to conceal
Wss the best WaV to avoid suspicion.